The City Natural - Garden and Forest Magazine and the Rise of American Environmentalism

The weekly magazine Garden and Forest existed for only nine years (1888-1897). Yet, in that brief span, it brought to light many of the issues that would influence the future of American environmentalism. In The City Natural, Shen Hou presents the first "biography" of this important but largely overlooked vehicle for individuals with the common goal of preserving nature in American civilization. As Hou reveals, Garden and Forest was instrumental in redefining the fields of botany and horticulture, while also helping to shape the fledgling professions of landscape architecture and forestry.

About the author

Shen Hou is assistant professor of world history at Renmin University of China, Beijing. She is a former postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghau University in Beijing, and research fellow at the Rachel Carson Center at LMU in Munich, Germany.

Summary

The weekly magazine Garden and Forest existed for only nine years (1888–1897). Yet, in that brief span, it brought to light many of the issues that would influence the future of American environmentalism. In The City Natural, Shen Hou presents the first "biography" of this important but largely overlooked publication.

Product details

• Authors: Shen Hou
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2013
• EAN: 9780822944232
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4423-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ; History of the Urban Environment; Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ; Pittsburgh History of the Urban Environment
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture